From the mind of Gavin MM1BXF…
The brake in my G-400 rotator bell fell off and got jammed in the gears, this is not the first time this has happened and previously nothing was damaged, other than the brake disk, and I managed to get new…
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I seem to find myself updating each and every rotator I own to have a digital readout plus a few other cool features, my latest one is converting my Hy-Gain (CDE) HAM-IV. The original HAM-IV is analogue meter based, and…
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I decided to build a new rotator controller to replace my Yaesu G400RC controller (but my design was made to work with virtually any rotator) to give me additional futures beyond the sole analogue position feedback of the G-400RC….
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One of the aspects of amateur radio I enjoy is EME. When I was active on 2m (144MHz) EME I built my own elevation system using a jack-arm but I then needed a way to feedback the angle. I tried…
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I started using an LVB Tracker by G6LVB (also of FunCube Dongle fame) to control my Yeasu G400RC and KR-5400 rotators which have my directional antennas on them – The G400RC + homebrew jack-arm elevation was mainly for EME and…
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